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'\" $Header: /user6/ouster/tcl/man/RCS/glob.n,v 1.3 93/06/17 15:50:54 ouster Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
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.so man.macros
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.HS glob tcl 7.0
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.BS
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'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
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.SH NAME
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glob \- Return names of files that match patterns
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBglob \fR?\fIswitches\fR? \fIpattern \fR?\fIpattern ...\fR?
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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This command performs file name ``globbing'' in a fashion similar to
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the csh shell. It returns a list of the files whose names match any
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of the \fIpattern\fR arguments.
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.LP
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If the initial arguments to \fBglob\fR start with \fB\-\fR then
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.VS
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they are treated as switches. The following switches are
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currently supported:
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.TP 15
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\fB\-nocomplain\fR
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Allows an empty list to be returned without error; without this
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switch an error is returned if the result list would be empty.
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.TP 15
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\fB\-\|\-\fR
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Marks the end of switches. The argument following this one will
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be treated as a \fIpattern\fR even if it starts with a \fB\-.
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.VE
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.PP
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The \fIpattern\fR arguments may contain any of the following
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special characters:
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.TP 10
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\fB?\fR
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Matches any single character.
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.TP 10
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\fB*\fR
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Matches any sequence of zero or more characters.
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.TP 10
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\fB[\fIchars\fB]\fR
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Matches any single character in \fIchars\fR. If \fIchars\fR
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contains a sequence of the form \fIa\fB\-\fIb\fR then any
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character between \fIa\fR and \fIb\fR (inclusive) will match.
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.TP 10
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\fB\e\fIx\fR
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Matches the character \fIx\fR.
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.TP 10
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\fB{\fIa\fB,\fIb\fB,\fI...\fR}
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Matches any of the strings \fIa\fR, \fIb\fR, etc.
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.LP
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As with csh, a ``.'' at the beginning of a file's name or just
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after a ``/'' must be matched explicitly or with a {} construct.
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In addition, all ``/'' characters must be matched explicitly.
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.LP
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If the first character in a \fIpattern\fR is ``~'' then it refers
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to the home directory for the user whose name follows the ``~''.
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If the ``~'' is followed immediately by ``/'' then the value of
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the HOME environment variable is used.
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.LP
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The \fBglob\fR command differs from csh globbing in two ways.
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First, it does not sort its result list (use the \fBlsort\fR
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command if you want the list sorted).
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.VS
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Second, \fBglob\fR only returns the names of files that actually
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exist; in csh no check for existence is made unless a pattern
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contains a ?, *, or [] construct.
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.VE
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.SH KEYWORDS
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exist, file, glob, pattern
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